A blog by Luke Akehurst about politics, elections, and the Labour Party - With subtitles for the Hard of Left.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Corrections Column

It's always enjoyable to see just how far off the mark both Tory commentators and journalists can be about internal Labour matters:

e.g. 1 - Iain Dale thinks Neal Lawson and Compass are "Brownite" and that Lawson has "never edited anything in his life". Neal has actually spent most of the last year attacking Brown for being too Blairite, and has edited "Renewal" magazine for well over a decade.

e.g. 2 - The Observer lists Charlie Whelan, Douglas Alexander and Geoffrey Robinson as "Exiles from the court of Brown" and says Whelan "runs a salmon fishing business in Scotland". Which is strange because I thought Whelan was National Political Director of Unite, Labour's largest union affiliate, Alexander is a Cabinet Minister and Robinson owns the New Statesman, the country's main centre-left magazine.

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About Me

Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.